Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology

PhD Students

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Ashlie Ake

MS, Kansas State University

Research Field: Pathobiology
Major Professor: Dr. Dana Vanlandingham
Hometown: Manhattan, KS
Research Project:
Effects of Microclimate on Mosquito Populations.

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Rebecca Bigelow

BS, Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M
MS, Animal Science, West Texas A&M University

Research Field: Pathobiology
Major Professor: Drs. Brad White & Phillip Lancaster
Hometown: Bushland, TX
Research Project: Liver abscesses in beef-on-dairy cattle.

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Torre Dunlea

BS, Biology, UTSA
Master's in Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases and AMR, University of Glasgow

Research Field: Veterinary Pathobiology, Epidemiology
Major Professor: Michael Sanderson
Hometown: Helotes, TX
Research Project: Quantitative Risk Estimation of FMD transmission following cattle movements during an outbreak.

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Stephen Edache

DVM, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (Nigeria)
MSc, Kansas State University

Research Field: Outcomes Research and Epidemiology
Major Professor: Dr. Natalia Cernicchiaro
Hometown: Plateau State, Nigeria
Research Project: Understanding and modeling transmission of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in swine population.

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Mahamudul Hasan

DVM, Sylhet Agricultural University (Bangladesh)

Research Field: Pathobiology and Molecular Diagnostics
Major Professor:
Dr. Laura Miller
Hometown: Rangpur, Bangladesh
Research project:
Unraveling the Etiology of Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Through Molecular Approaches.

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Jayden McCall

DVM/PhD, Pathobiology
MPH, Infectious Diseases/Zoonoses, Kansas State University

Research Field: Immunology, Vaccine Development
Major Professor: Dr. Mwangi
Hometown: Valley Center, KS
Research Project: Protective antigen identification for African Swine Fever Virus.

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Bernard Otieno Oduor

MSc., Molecular Medicine, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology
BSc., Medical Microbiology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology

Research Field: Identification of Protective Antigens for African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV)
Major Professor: Dr. Waithaka Mwangi
Home Town: Nairobi, Kenya

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Saurav Pantha

DVM, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
MS, Kansas State University

Research Field: Immunology, Virology, Pathobiology
Major Professor:
Dr. Santosh Dhakal
Hometown: Bhairahawa, Nepal
Research Project:
The interaction of biological sex and obesity during Influenza virus infection in a mouse model.

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MaRyka Smith

DVM, Kansas State University
BS, Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University

Research Field: Pathobiology
Major Professor: Dr. Mike Sanderson
Hometown: Hoyt, KS
Research Project: Foot and Mouth Disease Modeling.